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Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

tony-seattle writes

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This is an adware at best, and some other users of my computer (kids) got it somehow. I recommend removing it asap. It starts everytime Windows loads, but you can locate that it's starting as a disguised service via registry. Run Regedit (at your own risk. If you don't know how registry works, you can corrupt your PC). Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\ and locate SystemStore (NOT SystemREstore) and delete the key and values. Then go to this folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\softwareupdater\ (or it can be called "C:\Program Files\softwareupdater\" and delete the softwareupdater folder altogether. That's the only way I've found that I could remove this pest.